An Afghan woman puts her finger into an ink bottle to mark herself as a voter who attended an election at a polling station in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Balkh province, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)

While the results of Afghanistan’s presidential election likely won’t be known for days, one takeaway is this — women were a force at the ballot box. Habiba Sarobi, currently governor of Bamyan province, became the first woman to appear on the ballot for vice president on a leading national ticket. Women made up 1.3 million of the 3.8 million newly registered voters, according to the Afghanistan Election Commission. And a record 300 women appeared on the ballot for provincial council seats.